Our Programmes

Supporting people living in Swindon into work they can enjoy and thrive in.

No upper age limit (minimum age 15).

Free access to additional training programmes.

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Preparation and support into work.

Dedicated staff working with local employers to source current and upcoming vacancies.

Bespoke support package.

Help with childcare.

Locations: Swindon and across Wiltshire

Contact: swindon@wrecltd.co.uk

Whitehead-Ross Education is delivering a new Young Carers service on behalf of Bridgend County Borough Council.  Delivered from our centre on Five Bells Road, we are supporting children and young people who have a caring responsibility for a disabled parent or sibling.

We are providing weekly 1-2-1 support, issue-based workshops, a youth club with exciting social activities, and opportunities for young carers to gain life skills qualifications.

To find out more, contact us HERE

Our Adult Skills programme allows people aged 19 and over,  who are unemployed or on low income, less than £20,319, the opportunity to retrain and upskill.

You must be living in a Dorset postcode area.

Courses include:

Health and Safety & First Aid

Employability

Introduction to Hair & Beauty

Basic ICT

Business Start Up

Support Work in Schools

Culinary Skills

Tourism, Hospitality & Aviation

Door Supervisor in the Private Security Industry

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Locations : Dorset – Weymouth, Bournemouth

Contact: dorset@wrecltd.co.uk

Call 01305 261626

Compass is a European Social Funded programme for unemployed 15 to 24-year-olds in Cornwall.

This a flexible programme for young people aged 15-24.  You will have your own mentor who will support you, give you advice and guidance about your options including,

• APPRENTICESHIPS
• PAID WORK
• FURTHER TRAINING
• COLLEGE COURSES

We can help & support you with the following:

• CV writing, mock interviews, support in contacting agencies or applying for jobs & apprenticeships
• Exploring further learning opportunities & providing information, advice & guidance
• Accredited City & Guilds Courses such as English, Maths & Employability Skills

Location: Our centre is Newquay but we can travel to participants across Cornwall.

Contact: cornwallskills@wrecltd.co.uk or APPLY HERE

Tel: 01637 801004

We’re delivering the Restart Scheme in South Central, helping people get back into work.

The Restart Scheme helps people get back into work through enhanced and tailored support. It has been put in place around the country in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

If you’ve been referred to us at WREC by your Jobcentre Plus Work Coach, you’re in safe hands.

You’ll get lots of support to pick up the skills you need, boost your confidence and find a job that’s right for you.​

We are dedicated to understanding your needs, circumstances, goals and aspirations to help you get the right support to move towards a better future.

We’ll provide you with:

Your own dedicated employment adviser who will stay with you every step of the way

Specialist recruitment advice

Access to local employment opportunities

Ongoing assessments to understand your needs

Access to an online career portal

A range of personal support from local and specialist services

Financial health support and budgeting

Business start up and self-employment advice

Skills support and training

Improved job searching skills

Access to our Wellbeing Support team

Location: Fareham, Gosport and Worthing

Contact:

Fareham: fareham@wrecltd.co.uk  tel: 01329 550457

Gosport: gosport@wrecltd.co.uk tel: 02392 002191

Worthing: worthing@wrecltd.co.uk tel:01903 947969

Working on Wellbeing is an employment, training and support programme, run by the disability charity Scope and Whitehead Ross.

We will work with you to develop a programme around your career goals and how you can achieve them.  If you are unemployed, over 16, living in Wales and have a disability whether a physical or mental health condition you can join the programme.

Working on Wellbeing will support you to:

understand your career goals

grow in confidence, assertiveness and independence

write your CV

develop your interview skills

find and apply for volunteering, training or employment opportunities

talk about disability in the workplace

Location: Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot areas of South Wales

Contact: wales@wrecltd.co.uk

Tel: 01792 649062

Meet new people and make new friends!

Jobs Growth Wales+ is a training and development programme for 16–19-year-olds not in full-time education, employment, or training. The programme provides a range of qualifications, work experience and support, to help individuals progress into further learning, Apprenticeships, or to secure future employment.

Whilst on our Jobs Growth Wales+ programme, you’ll receive comprehensive support to help you develop your work and life skills, as well as building confidence. We provide the tools and guidance to help build good friendships and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

We have a full suite of accredited qualifications, so there is something for everyone.

The qualifications range from Maths, English Essential skills, Employability qualifications which include things like interview skills, applying for a job, personal finance, healthy living, H&S in the workplace and many more.

We also offer NVQ certificates in the following vocational routes,

• Customer Service
• Business Administration
• Hospitality
• Childcare
• We can also offer the CSCS card (details HERE)

We have weekly inductions so you can start at any time of the year, if you’re interested in hearing more or would like to start your enrolment, please get in contact.

Use our Contact Form HERE

Or call 07760 640049

Locations: Merthyr Tydfil

Our adult education offers a range of part-time qualification and community learning courses for Brighton & Hove residents aged 19 and over.  We are delivering the following courses during the 2022/23 academic year:

City and Guilds Level 2 Award in Support Work in School (Teaching Assistant)

City and Guilds Level 1 Award in Caring for Children.

City and Guilds Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in Construction, with CSCS card.

City and Guilds Level 2 Award in Employability Skills (Business Start-up).

City and Guilds Level 2 Award in Air Cabin Crew (New Entrant).

All courses take place from our modern training rooms at 130 Queens Road, Brighton, near the Clock Tower.

You will be able to enrol on a course for free if you meet the following criteria:

Fulfil the residency eligibility requirements set out by the Education and Skills Funding Agency.

Be resident in Brighton and Hove.

Be 19 years old or over at the start date of the course.

Be unemployed and receive a mean tested state benefit or be employed and earn less than £18,525 gross annual salary.

Please note that we will ask for evidence of the above requirements as part of the enrolment process.

For further information or to enrol, please contact 01273 281981 or email workforceskills@wrecltd.co.uk

The National Careers Service offers high quality, free and impartial careers information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work.

The service is available to anyone aged 13+ via telephone, webchat and online. Adults aged 19 and over (18+ if not in employment, education and training) can also access face to face appointments at a local venue or online.

Qualified careers advisers provide personalised support to meet your needs and circumstances, whatever stage you have reached in your career. They can help you to:

• Explore your career options
• Understand the local job market
• Develop or enhance your CV
• Search and apply for jobs
• Identify local opportunities
• Develop your interview skills
• Apply for training and online learning
• Build your confidence.

Get in touch:

Call the helpline on 0800 100 900 (8am-8pm Monday to Friday, 10am-5pm Saturdays and Bank Holidays) to speak to a qualified careers adviser or use webchat via the website: nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/contact-us

Find online tools, job profiles, courses and careers advice on the website: https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk

Keep up to date with local events and opportunities by following your local social media channels –

South West – Facebook, Twitter and Instagram channels.

Skills for Life – Multiply is a new government-funded programme to help adults improve their numeracy skills.

If you’re aged 19 and over and don’t have maths GCSE at grade C (or equivalent), you can access free numeracy courses through Multiply to build your confidence with numbers and gain a qualification.

Good numeracy skills may unlock job opportunities and lead to higher wages or prepare you for further study. They also help in everyday life, such as helping children with homework and budgeting money.

In West Sussex, Dorset and Swindon we are offering the following courses,

• Supporting Your Child’s Numeracy Learning
• Level 1 and 2 Maths Award
• Money Management/ Budgeting

Plus we are ensuring that all of our courses include a focus on numeracy skills within them.

If you are looking to upskill and improve your numeracy, contact us HERE

Or call 07387 269779

Skills Bootcamps – the Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee.

Our Skills Bootcamps in Digital skills are free, flexible courses, held over 2 days of up to 10 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and an offer of an interview with an employer on completion.

We are offering 2 awards with both face to face or online, tutor led, options.

Level 3 Certificate in Digital Support 

This Bootcamp and qualification is designed to provide learners with knowledge and skills for working in the digital support sector, such as an ICT Helpdesk Technician. It will afford the learner opportunities to develop knowledge and learn practical skills which can be used to seek employment.

Level 3 Certificate in Cyber Security Practices 

This Bootcamp and qualification is designed to provide learners with knowledge and skills relating to cyber security practices. It will afford the learner opportunities to develop knowledge and learn practical skills which can be used to seek employment.

Once you complete the course, you’ll be guaranteed a job interview.  If you’re self-employed, you’ll be able to use the training to seek new opportunities for your business.

You may be eligible to apply for a Skills Bootcamp if you:

• are aged 19 or over
• have the right to work in the UK
• live in England

For more details – contact your closest centre

Brighton tel: 01273 281981 or Worthing tel: 01903 947979

Weymouth tel: 01305 261626 or Newquay tel: 01637 801004

email  skillsforlife@wrecltd.co.uk or use our contact form HERE

Our Skills Bootcamps in Hospitality Leadership are free, flexible courses, held over 2 days of up to 8 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and an offer of an interview with an employer on completion.  This opportunity is available in Fareham, Gosport and Isle of Wight.

We are offering the chance to complete the City & Guilds, Level 3 Award in Hospitality Supervision and Leadership Principles.

This award can help you get a supervisory or management job in hospitality.  You’ll develop your knowledge and gain valuable skills in leadership and management and is suitable for anyone looking for a career within the hospitality sector. 

HMP Swaleside and HMP Isle of Wight (IOW) have commissioned Whitehead-Ross Education to deliver an Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) service.

This programme involves us recruiting and training a team of prisoners to deliver a peer mentoring IAG service to other prisoners.

Our IAG Coordinators train and mentor up to 16 prisoners per year each to deliver both group and 1-2-1 sessions to other prisoners, ensuring that an IAG action plan is produced for every prisoner. This involves holding a 1-2-1 interview with each new reception and word processing the action plan.

Close co-operation, collaboration and good lines of communication are  maintained with the prisoner IAG Peer Mentors, Education Department, Activity Hub, Industries, Offender Management Unit, Library and Security Department, as well as with Prison Managers and staff.

HMP Swaleside, located on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, is an adult male prison with an operational capacity of 1,090. Prisoners are category B and serving a range of sentences from 28 days to life.

HMP Isle of Wight is a high security men’s prison, set across 2 sites (Albany and Parkhurst), just outside Newport, with 1,000 prisoners. Prisoners include category B sex offenders or vulnerable prisoners with sentences of four years or more, with at least 18 months left to serve and eligible for rehabilitation activities.

Study Programme/ Traineeship

The Study Programme is aimed at 16–18-year-olds and runs for approximately 15, weeks 3 times a year.

The next intake will be in January 2024.

Based at our Weymouth Centre , the programme includes City and Guilds Awards in Employability, Functional Skills Qualifications in both Maths and English and a work experience placement in line with your career goals.

The programme is taught in small groups (8-10 learners), and is personalised for each individual with dedicated learning support in all areas and pastoral support too.

The Study Programme team aim to support each student to achieve their career goals in a fun and relaxed learning environment.

For more information call 01305 261626 or 07436 074569

or email dorset@wrecltd.co.uk

Multiply is a new government-funded programme to help adults improve their numeracy skills. 

If you’re aged 19 and over and don’t have maths GCSE at grade C (or equivalent), you can access free numeracy courses through Multiply to build your confidence with numbers and gain a qualification. 

Good numeracy skills may unlock job opportunities and lead to higher wages or prepare you for further study. They also help in everyday life, such as helping children with homework and budgeting money. 

In Neath Port Talbot and Swansea we are offering the following courses, 

• Supporting Your Child’s Numeracy Learning
• ESOL Maths
• Construction Maths Skills – Level 1 Health and Safety in Construction – incorporating CSCS
• Money Management

 The Digital Skills Hub 

 If you are over 16 years, unemployed or likely to leave the labour market you are eligible for the following courses in the Neath Port Talbot or Swansea areas, 

• Award in Digital Skills Basics (Entry 2)
• NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Cyber Security Practices
• NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Coding

NOCN Entry Level Award in Digital Basics (Entry 2) 

Explore Digital skills needed for life and work across five skill areas; getting started, device set up, security, using the internet and communication. Find out more HERE

NCFE Level 3 Certificate – Principles of Cyber Security 

This course is designed to provide participants with knowledge and skills relating to cyber security practices. It will afford the participant opportunities to develop knowledge and learn practical skills which can be used to seek employment.  The 160-hour qualification covers the following units: 

• Understanding cyber security principles. 
• Threat intelligence in cyber security. 
• Cyber security testing, vulnerabilities and controls. 
• Cyber security incident response. 
• Understanding legislation and ethical conduct within cyber security. 
• Find out more HERE

Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Coding  

This qualification is designed for participants who want to gain knowledge of coding. The qualification may also support progression into further study in coding or other topics within the digital sector. This qualification is designed for participants who are looking to gain an introduction to coding. It will support the participant to progress into further study and support those interested in progressing to employment in a coding or IT related role. 

The training activities will provide support for local digital skills, increase digital inclusion and provide opportunities for local people to develop skills to support people into employment. These outcomes meet the interventions as identified. 

If you are looking to upskill and improve your digital skills, contact us  – 

Neath Port Talbot  Tel: 01792 814708  npt@wrecltd.co.uk

Swansea  Tel: 01792 649062    swansea@wrecltd.co.uk  

Or use our contact form HERE

Multiply is a new government-funded programme to help adults improve their numeracy skills. 

If you’re aged 19 and over and don’t have maths GCSE at grade C (or equivalent), you can access free numeracy courses through Multiply to build your confidence with numbers and gain a qualification. 

Good numeracy skills may unlock job opportunities and lead to higher wages or prepare you for further study. They also help in everyday life, such as helping children with homework and budgeting money. 

In Newport Wales we are offering the following,

Numeracy for Parents in Supporting Their Child with Maths

The course will cover different approaches used to teach children maths, methods to support a child’s learning in basic mathematical rules, and how to improve maths activity. You will achieve a NOCN Level 1 Award in Supporting Your Child with Maths. The course will be delivered over 2 sessions.

Practical Maths for Parents

This course is for parents and/or carers who would like to improve their confidence and knowledge in order to support their child’s learning at home.  Delivered over 3 sessions, you will benefit from an introduction to the maths curriculum, highlighting some of the topics that many parents typically struggle with.

Stepping Stones for Parents

Leading to a City and Guilds Level 1 and Level 2 Maths Skills Awards (depending on your starting point), the course will cover Measure, Shape and Space – Money, Time and Temperature, Fractions, Ratio and Proportion, Percentages, Length, Weight and Capacity.  The courses will be delivered over 10 sessions.

For more information email newport@wrecltd.co.uk or call 01633 741051

Or use our contact form HERE